pincushion
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pincushion
Example Sentences
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In wet winters, the valleys beyond town awaken in color as sand verbena, desert sunflower, evening primrose and pincushion gather in brief, luminous blooms across the desert floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Discovered in 1852, Psyche has the width of Massachusetts, a squashed spherical shape reminiscent of a pincushion, and an orbit between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2023
‘Little Penny’ is a pincushion of a plant, the smallest coreopsis ever — ideal for tucking into pots, where its copper-colored flowers will set off darks or brights.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022
Though, in the moment, lying like a pincushion on a massage table with a mineral heat lamp warming my stomach, it mostly, strangely, made me sleepy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
As if she could hear my thoughts, she scowled as she reemerged, holding a pincushion and some chalk.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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